JAMESTOWN – Two area non-profit organizations with a history of cooperation, common goals and a shared linkage to Jamestown’s famous naturalist, Roger Tory Peterson, have begun exploratory conversations about expanded collaborations. A task force … [Read more...]
Jamestown Summer Playground Program Hosts Tree Day Event at Allen Park
JAMESTOWN - The City of Jamestown Summer Playground Program hosted a Tree Day event Tuesday morning at Allen Park. Summer Playground Program attendees from all sites were on hand for an initial talk given by City Arborist Dan Stone. A tree … [Read more...]
Light Agenda for Monday Night’s City Council Meeting
JAMESTOWN - The Jamestown City Council has a light agenda for its monthly voting session. Just ten resolutions have been pre-filed for the Monday night meeting, including a resolution to accept $35,000 from the Ralph C. Sheldon Foundation. The … [Read more...]
Community Foundation Awards $10,000 to Red Cross
JAMESTOWN - During a rain filled spring that left many throughout the Chautauqua region underwater, the American Red Cross of Southwestern New York responded by providing residents shelter and flood clean up kits. To assist with future flooding … [Read more...]
Dragon Boat Demonstration Coming to Jamestown June 17
JAMESTOWN - For the first time in its history, a dragon will make its way down the Chadakoin River. On June 17, members of the Pan American Dragon Boat Association will transport a boat to Chautauqua County to allow residents, and representatives … [Read more...]
New Playground Equipment Installed at Lillian Dickson Park
JAMESTOWN - It was a perfect day to spend at the park this past weekend. That’s according to Andrew Dickson from the Chautauqua County Health Network, who’s helped to lead a group of volunteers in renovating Lillian Dickson Park on Falconer Street. … [Read more...]
City Council to Discuss Filling New Position, Abandoning Two Streets
JAMESTOWN - The Jamestown City Council will have holding its second work session of the month tonight in city hall. Among the items the council will review and discuss are the lifting of a hiring freeze by the Department of Public Works, in order … [Read more...]
County Officials Announce Two Additional Forums to Address Drug Abuse
MAYVILLE - Chautauqua County Executive Vince Horrigan is encouraging the entire community to attend a Community Forum on drug abuse in Chautauqua County, set to take place next week in Mayville. In addition, he’s announcing two new related forums … [Read more...]
Jackson Center to Host Free Showing of Jackie Robinson Film ’42’ Thursday Night
JAMESTOWN - The Robert H. Jackson Center will conclude its Jackie Robinson film series by showing “42,” a 2013 release, at 7 p.m. The movie tells the story of Jackie Robinson and Branch Rickey, the Brooklyn Dodgers general manager who broke Major … [Read more...]
Applications Now Being Accepted for 2014 Renaissance Block Challenge
JAMESTOWN - For the fourth straight year, Jamestown property owners have a chance to receive up to $1,000 to help pay for exterior upgrades if they work together to improve their neighborhoods. It’s all part of the Renaissance Block Challenge, a … [Read more...]
